Speed Math for Kids Achieve Their Full Potential

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CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Multiplication: Getting Started What is Multiplication? The Speed Mathematics Met ...

Multiplication of decimals Chapter 10: Multiplication Using Two Reference Numbers Easy multiplication by Using frac ...

Subtracting fractions Multiplying fractions Dividing fractions Changing vulgar fractions to decimals Chapter 19: Direc ...

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First published 2005 by Wrightbooks an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 42 McDougall Stre ...

PREFACE I could have called this book Fun With Speed Mathematics. It contains some of the same ...

INTRODUCTION I have heard many people say they hate mathematics. I don’t believe them. They ...

stupid things and make stupid mistakes. I am going to prove to you as you read this book that you ...

Chapter MULTIPLICATION: GETTING STARTED How well do you know your multiplication tables? Do you know them up ...

We start with the 8. If we have 8, how many more do we need to make 10? The answer is 2. Eight ...

Here is the finished calculation: Seven eights are 56. How would you solve this problem in your head? Tak ...

Which method do you think is easier, this method or the one you learnt in school? I definitely think this me ...

yourself how many to make 100, which is 4, and then take 4 from 96 to get 92. You can then star ...

Chapter USING A REFERENCE NUMBER In this chapter we are going to look at a small change to the method ...

write 4 and 3 in the circles. Our problem looks like this: Now we subtract crossways: 3 from 6 or 4 ...

If you take 98 and 98 from 100 you get answers of 2 and 2. Then take 2 from 98, which gives an answe ...

Now multiply 86 by the reference number, 100, to get 8,600. Then we must multiply the numbers in the circl ...

Chapter NUMBERS ABOVE THE REFERENCE NUMBER What if you want to multiply numbers above the reference number; ...

Let’s try another one. How about 12 × 17? The numbers are above 10 so we draw the circles above. How much ...